The Narrative Dilemma of Contemporary Ecological Ethics and the Narrative of Humanity in Confucian Ecological Ethics
Contemporary ecological ethics faces a narrative dilemma of how to narrate the moralities of non-human entities.Western ecological narratives,which emphasize human or nature-centered perspectives,tend to reduce the symbiotic relationship between humans and all living entities to a mechanical object relation-ship of either/or,which is neither in accordance with human nature nor aligned with the purposes of nature.Confucian ecological ethics,with the fundamental spirit of"the unity of heaven and humanity",approaches the narrative from the perspective of the human hearts narrating the universe,using the logic of narrating mate-rial virtues through human benevolence.The narrative content presents a natural humanistic discourse charac-terized by the continuous and interactive intersection of"gained from heaven and achieved through benevo-lence".In terms of narrative methods,Confucianism connects the unique value of humans as"the heart of heaven and earth"with the conscious responsibility of humans to"establish a heart for heaven and earth",achieving a narrative effect that aligns human purposes with natural objectives.This approach helps to mitigate the internal"center"disputes within ecological ethics,integrating factual descriptions with value judgments,and constructing a proactive humanistic practice theory through a positive temporal perspective,thereby avoi-ding a negative,passive moral reductionism.
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